Salam va arz e khasteh nabasjid behamegee e doostaan.

Just a reminder that I do not have the Farsi fonts so I have to write a few lines in English about this article.

Unfortunately the issue of wastewater treatment is increasingly growing all over the world and has become a major challenge for the majority of local and even some national governments.

There are some methodologies have been developed since the 1980's that I like to emphasis.

The use of "Watershed Planning"
techniques in order to cross the Provinicial political boundaries and look at the water problems of a region based on the area which major or important river Basins are, rather than what province is responsible, politically. Using this method may bring people of two different province who reside within the same river basin boundaries to discuss and resolve issues relating to water.

These techniques, as I mentioned earlier, are generally called Ecosystem-based Approaches to Environmnetal Management and, Watershed Planning, in particular. An important aspect of watershed planning is "Source Water Protection". That means protecting the source of the water from possible pollutants would proactively prevent the need for water or wastewater treatment systems. Good examples of Source Water Protection Plans are introduction of "Nutrient Management" program, "Pest Control" Program that focuses on Agricultural Operations and methods improvement.

I tend to disagree with the article where it mentions introduction of mechanized agriculture and biotechnology will eliminate the need for chemical fertelizers and pesticides.

The experience in the West has shown and proved that although those methods may have improved the crop yeild but have had major systematic impacts. for example, these methods failed to eliminate the need for chemical fertelizers and have increased the need for pecticides since extensive mono-cropping is extermely prone to disease. Also lower food quality of Genetically Modified Foods will likely to bring human and animal disease which the cost of its health impact and treatment must be projected over long-term and be accounted for.

As you may have noticed, the problem of Wastewater generation and handling takes a systematic approach to deal with. These are sereis of interconnected and inter-related problems that can not be effectively addressed at a piece-meal bases.

A wholistic approach such as the Watershed-based Planning is required to look at the big picture problem and investigate its root-causes.

I am both happy and sad to read this article.I am happy to see that environmental awareness and an urge to protect it strongly exist in Irannian and Islamic culture and sad to find and see the short comings.

I hope this article would bring to surface a strong environmnetal agenda for the beautiful Province of Masandaran, to save its unique natural environmnet.

Be omid e movafa'ghiat

Bahram Amintorabi.

Salam va arz e khasteh nabasjid be hamegee e doostaan.

Just a reminder that I do not have the Farsi fonts so I have to write a few lines in English about this article.

Unfortunately the issue of wastewater treatment is increasingly growing all over the world and has become a major challenge for the majority of local and even some national governments.

There are some methodologies have been developed since the 1980's that I like to emphasis.

The use of "Watershed Planning"
techniques in order to cross the Provinicial political boundaries and look at the water problems of a region based on the area major or important river nasins are rather than what province is responsible politically. using this method may bring people of two different provive who reside within a river basin boundaries to discuss and resolve issues relating to water.

These techniques as I mentioned are generally called Ecosystem-based Approaches to Environmnetal Management and Watershed Planning in particular.
Another important aspect of watershed planning is "Source Water Protection". That means protecting the source of the water from possible pollutants would proactively prevent the need for water or wastewater treatment systems. Good examples of Source Water Protection Plans are introduction of "Nutrient Management" program, "Pest Control" Program that focuses on Agricultural Operations and methods improvement.

I tend to disagree with the article where it mentions introduction of mechanized agriculture and biotechnology will eliminate the need for chemical fertelizers and pesticides.

The experience in the West has shown and proved that although those methods may have improved the crop yeild but have had major systematic impacts. for example, these methods failed to eliminate the need for fertelizers and increased the need for pecticides since extensive mono-cropping is extermely prone to disease. Also lower food quality of Genetically Modified Foods will likely to bring human and animal disease which the cost of its health impact and treatment must be projected over long-term and be accounted for.

As you may have noticed, the problem of Wastewater generation and handling takes a systematic approach to deal with. These are sereis of interconnected and inter-related problems that can not be effectively addressed at a piece-meal bases.

A wholistic approach such as the Watershed-based Planning is required to look at the big picture problem and investigate its root-causes. I am both happy and sad to read this article.

I am happy to see that environmental awareness and urge strongly exist in Irannian and Islamic culture and sad to find and see the short comings.

I hope this article would bring a strong environmnetal agenda for the beautiful Province of Masandaran, to save its unique natural environmnet.

Be omid e movafa'ghiat

Bahram Amintorabi.